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For nearly 25 years, Meg's House in Greenwood has been a place where victims of domestic violence could find shelter and the help they need to rebuild broken lives. Since opening its doors in 1990, Meg's has welcomed Lander University students as volunteers working alongside the paid staff and helping provide services primarily to women and their dependent children.

A team of psychology majors at Lander University recently won third place in the quiz bowl competition sponsored by the South Carolina Psychological Association as part of its annual Academic Day activities.

Two Lander University faculty members have been selected to fill endowed professorships awarded by The Lander Foundation for 2012-2014.

More than 50 Lander University students were honored recently for their scholastic accomplishments during the 2011-2012 academic year, receiving the top discipline and special awards from the university's four academic colleges. The awards were presented during Lander's annual Academic and Student Life Awards ceremony.

Dr. Jonathan Bassett brings statewide and national recognition to Lander University through his research, publications and honors. Earlier this year, Lander recognized Bassett's outstanding efforts by naming him the university's 2011 Distinguished Professor, the award given for exemplary performance as a classroom teacher and scholar, and for services to Lander and beyond.

Dr. Jonathan Bassett, associate professor of psychology at Lander University, was named recipient of the 2011 Outstanding Teacher of Psychology Award given by the South Carolina Psychological Association at its spring conference in Myrtle Beach earlier this month.

More than 50 Lander University students were honored recently for their scholastic accomplishments during the 2010-2011 academic year, receiving the top discipline and special awards from the university's four academic colleges. The awards were presented during Lander's annual Academic and Student Life Awards Ceremony.

Lander University recently honored its cocurricular standouts for the 2010-11 academic year, presenting student life awards to the university's top students and student organizations. The awards were announced during Lander's annual Academic and Student Life Awards Ceremony.

Family and friends gathered at Lander University on April 20 to witness the spring induction of 44 students into Lander’s Alpha Chi National College Honor Scholarship Society. Dr. John Moore, associate professor of philosophy and the chapter coordinator, said the inductees are juniors or seniors in the top 10 percent of their class

The teams from Lander University and The Citadel tied for fifth place among the 11 colleges and universities who competed in the annual quiz bowl, one of the main attractions of the South Carolina Psychological Association's Academic Day hosted by Lander on Nov. 9. Teams of students faced off in two rounds answering five questions in each of seven psychology categories. Points were awarded for correct answers and the team with the highest point total at the end of the competition was declared the winner.